Birdline Northern Territory Weekly Update

Birdline Northern Territory Published sightings for the week ending 5 Oct 2014. Sat 4 Oct White-browed Treecreeper Owen Springs Conservation Reserve Single bird seen and photographed at side of the road, low on the trunk of a mulga tree, climbing up right hand branch then jumped into the lighter left hand branch before flying off across the road. Did not hear it calling. Richard Waring, Moses Waring Fri 3 Oct Bourke’s Parrot Kunoth Bore Single bird flew down to dam about 5:30 pm, then no more until 6:45 pm when a small flock of 10 arrived Richard Waring, Moses Waring Wed 1 Oct Square-tailed Kite Nyirripi, Northern Territory Lone bird seen swooping low over treetops then circled above trees just south of Nyirripi Community, near the tip Richard Waring Tue 30 Sep Little Curlew Alice Springs Waste Stabilisation Ponds Following up on a report of an unidentified wader which seemed to fit the description of a Little Curlew, Anthony Molyneux and I were able to positively identify the bird as a Little Curlew. The lone bird was hanging on or near the central grassed area. Peter Nunn Mon 29 Sep Dollarbird; Common Koel Berrimah Rd and Darwin River Dam Dollarbird on wires on Berrimah Rd between Stuart Highway and Tiger Brennan yesterday 28/09 at about 4pm. Also heard and eventually saw at a distance, a male Common Koel at Darwin River Dam on 25/09 about 8am. First sightings of both for the season. Robert Burgoyne